IBM Z Pervasive Encryption provides transparent encryption of data at rest through z/OS data set encryption. It allows encryption of data without requiring application changes by encrypting data sets at the storage level using encryption keys managed by IBM Z cryptographic hardware and software. Administrators can implement encryption by generating keys, configuring access controls and policies to associate encryption keys with data sets. The encryption protects data while allowing full access and management of the encrypted data sets.
Fortinet is a global leader in network security that provides network security appliances and security subscription services. Their mission is to deliver the most innovative and highest performing network security platform to secure and simplify IT infrastructure. The document then lists and describes various types of cyber crimes and Fortinet services and solutions for enterprises, small businesses, service providers, and industries like critical infrastructure. It concludes by thanking the reader and providing contact information.
The document discusses Fortinet's security fabric, which provides a comprehensive network security solution through a unified platform. It summarizes the key components of the security fabric, including next-generation firewalls, switches, virtual firewalls, endpoint security, cloud security, advanced threat protection, and management solutions. It also outlines how the security fabric delivers broad, powerful and automated protection through its integration of these components and intelligence-driven capabilities.
SafeNet is a data protection company that protects the world's most sensitive data for trusted global brands. It protects over 80% of global intra-bank fund transfers and nearly $1 trillion per day. SafeNet offers a comprehensive approach to data protection including encryption, key management, and authentication across databases, applications, file servers and more. It has a global footprint in over 100 countries and over 1,500 employees.
Unmatched security for digital data is provided through Secure Channels' patented encryption technology. Their PKMS2 encryption works by breaking files into segments and encrypting each segment with a different encryption key and process, making the encrypted data unusuable even if the private cloud is hacked. Secure Channels also offers language agnostic communication that allows messages to be translated to the recipient's language, as well as cloud security services through their Shield of Certainty Cloud that provides multiple layers of protection from the physical data center to the database.
This document discusses techniques for advanced protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. It begins by asking questions about knowing the latest DDoS attack trends, best mitigation practices, and the real impact of attacks. It then discusses how easy it is to launch DDoS attacks and the complexity of modern multi-vector attacks. Specific examples of DDoS attacks are provided, such as a 2018 attack against Dutch banks, and how every physical or geopolitical event has a corresponding cyber reflection. The document promotes Arbor Networks as the industry leader in DDoS protection and describes their hybrid DDoS mitigation approach using on-premise and in-cloud/operator solutions.
Fortinet is a global network security company that provides network security appliances for carriers, data centers, enterprises and distributed offices. It has over 5,000 employees worldwide, over 340,000 customers, and annual revenue exceeding $1 billion. Fortinet's mission is to deliver innovative and high-performance network security solutions through its security fabric platform to secure and simplify IT infrastructure.
Fortinet is a global leader in network security that provides network security appliances and security subscription services. Their mission is to deliver the most innovative and highest performing network security platform to secure and simplify IT infrastructure. The document then lists and describes various types of cyber crimes and Fortinet services and solutions for enterprises, small businesses, service providers, and industries like critical infrastructure. It concludes by thanking the reader and providing contact information.
The document discusses Fortinet's security fabric, which provides a comprehensive network security solution through a unified platform. It summarizes the key components of the security fabric, including next-generation firewalls, switches, virtual firewalls, endpoint security, cloud security, advanced threat protection, and management solutions. It also outlines how the security fabric delivers broad, powerful and automated protection through its integration of these components and intelligence-driven capabilities.
SafeNet is a data protection company that protects the world's most sensitive data for trusted global brands. It protects over 80% of global intra-bank fund transfers and nearly $1 trillion per day. SafeNet offers a comprehensive approach to data protection including encryption, key management, and authentication across databases, applications, file servers and more. It has a global footprint in over 100 countries and over 1,500 employees.
Unmatched security for digital data is provided through Secure Channels' patented encryption technology. Their PKMS2 encryption works by breaking files into segments and encrypting each segment with a different encryption key and process, making the encrypted data unusuable even if the private cloud is hacked. Secure Channels also offers language agnostic communication that allows messages to be translated to the recipient's language, as well as cloud security services through their Shield of Certainty Cloud that provides multiple layers of protection from the physical data center to the database.
This document discusses techniques for advanced protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. It begins by asking questions about knowing the latest DDoS attack trends, best mitigation practices, and the real impact of attacks. It then discusses how easy it is to launch DDoS attacks and the complexity of modern multi-vector attacks. Specific examples of DDoS attacks are provided, such as a 2018 attack against Dutch banks, and how every physical or geopolitical event has a corresponding cyber reflection. The document promotes Arbor Networks as the industry leader in DDoS protection and describes their hybrid DDoS mitigation approach using on-premise and in-cloud/operator solutions.
Fortinet is a global network security company that provides network security appliances for carriers, data centers, enterprises and distributed offices. It has over 5,000 employees worldwide, over 340,000 customers, and annual revenue exceeding $1 billion. Fortinet's mission is to deliver innovative and high-performance network security solutions through its security fabric platform to secure and simplify IT infrastructure.
Networks are becoming ever more complex, making it difficult to manage and secure, especially if you want to implement a segmented network strategy, which we recommend. The answer is to simplify. Fortinet weaves together security solutions designed to be a fully integrated and collaborative Security Fabric to provide the best protection from end-to-end, from IoT to the cloud.
As Fortinet’s first ever Partner of Excellence UK, Infosec Partners' can help you expertly tailor the Fortinet Security Fabric to fit your organisation perfectly.
CipherLoc aims to protect data in an increasingly insecure world through cryptology innovation. Their technology decomposes files into independent segments that each receive unique encryption keys and algorithms, making the data not susceptible to attacks on modern encryption algorithms. CipherLoc offers solutions for mobile devices, desktops, servers, and across platforms to provide end-to-end data protection for businesses of all sizes.
SafeNet Enterprise Key and Crypto ManagementSectricity
With SafeNet, organizations can centrally, efficiently, and securely manage cryptographic keys and policies—across the key management lifecycle and throughout the enterprise. SafeNet's data center protection solutions are designed to secure all of the sensitive information that is stored in and accessed from enterprise data centers, including patient records, credit card information, social security numbers, and more.
Fortinet is a global provider of network security appliances and solutions. In Q1/2018, Fortinet reported $417 million in revenue and $534 million in billings. Some key highlights:
- Fortinet has over 340,000 customers and 5,000+ employees worldwide.
- The FortiGate 6000 Series is Fortinet's new high-performance network security gateway appliance capable of over 1 Tbps throughput.
- Fortinet solutions are powered by its purpose-built security processors and FortiOS operating system. This provides significantly higher performance than CPU-based competitors.
- Fortinet continues to focus on growing its security fabric which now includes solutions for network security, cloud security, IoT/OT security,
This document provides an overview of modern network security threats and introduces the key concepts covered in Chapter One of the CCNA Security curriculum. It discusses the rationale for network security, including increased internet connectivity, cyber crime, legislation, proliferation of threats, and sophistication of threats. It also defines important security concepts like risks, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures.
The document discusses how F5 networks provides comprehensive web application security through its full-proxy architecture and web application firewall that protects against common attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and brute force attacks. It also explains how the F5 solution uses a positive security model to allow wanted transactions while denying everything else, providing implicit security against both known and unknown attacks.
Enterprise secure identity in the cloud with Single Sign On and Strong Authen...GARL
A presentation by Giuseppe "Gippa" Paternò", GARL Director, at Brighton event "Open Source, the Cloud and your business" on 18th November 2014
Enterprise secure identity in the cloud with Single Sign On and Strong Authentication
This document discusses enterprise identity and security in the cloud. It describes SecurePass, a product from GARL that provides single sign-on and strong authentication for cloud applications. SecurePass uses one-time passwords for authentication along with identity management and single sign-on capabilities. It integrates with various applications and networks in an open and compatible way. The document also discusses the security of SecurePass and GARL's datacenters and keys, and provides a case study of SecurePass being implemented for a financial institution.
The document discusses PrivateWave's mobile voice encryption solutions. It describes PrivateGSM software that provides encryption for phone calls on smartphones using VoIP over mobile data. PrivateGSM uses the ZRTP standard to provide end-to-end encryption with human authentication and key agreement. It can also use SRTP and provide end-to-site encryption when integrated with telephony infrastructure. The document emphasizes that PrivateWave's solutions use open standards like ZRTP and SRTP to ensure the technologies are politically neutral and not subject to backdoors.
SafeNet: Don't Leave It to Luck: What am I Not Doing?Rahul Neel Mani
The document discusses data breaches and the need for stronger data security measures. Some key points:
- In the first quarter of 2014, over 2.8 billion records were stolen in data breaches, with only 1% protected by encryption.
- Healthcare and financial industries accounted for most breaches and lost records.
- Malicious insiders were responsible for a smaller number of breaches but stole over half the records.
- Traditional perimeter security alone is no longer sufficient due to insider threats and inevitable breaches; data encryption and access control are now critical.
Gemalto is an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, and managed services. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of SIM cards.
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Virtual security gateways at network edge are key to protecting ultra broadba...Paul Stevens
Combined technologies create a virtualized security gateway with real-time processing even for small packets associated with IP voice applications.
The future of wireless is ultra-broadband packet throughput, with 4G/LTE speeds hitting 25 Mbps to 50 Mbps¹ and 5G technologies targeting even faster speeds. But the IP mobile networks that are serving up this throughput have new security risks for MNOs that can negatively impact their infrastructure, operations, customer services, and data.
Utilizing security gateways (SeGW) in every base station and small cell is the proven way to secure the network against hackers. But legacy gateways don’t offer the performance or flexibility to scale for cost-effective deployment at a macrocell or at a small cell. Casa Systems worked with Intel and Intel® Network Builders ecosystem members Advantech and Wind River to build a complete virtual SeGW system with the performance and flexibility for these edge locations—even for demanding IP voice applications that transmit floods of small packets that typically have overwhelmed legacy gateways.
This document describes Cryptkit, a Java-based cryptographic system that implements encryption algorithms like TDES, RSA, RABIN, and PC-1 to enhance network security. It uses both symmetric and asymmetric encryption and supports any operating system. The purpose is to provide real-time encryption over networks using robust standard algorithms. Future enhancements may include mobile messaging security and additional multimedia encryption capabilities.
FortiGate 1500D Series Delivers High-Performance Next-Generation FirewallShilaThak
The FortiGate 1500D series delivers high-performance next-generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities for large enterprises and service providers. With multiple high-speed interfaces, high-port density, and high-throughput, ideal deployments are at the enterprise edge, hybrid data center core, and across internal segments. The FortiGate 1500D Firewall is a compact, Network Security Appliance ideal for use as both a Next-Generation Firewall and High-Performance Data Center Firewall at the Enterprise Edge. It delivers up to 80 Gbps firewall throughput and ultra-low latency as well as 11 Gbps next-generation threat protection and control over more than 3000 discrete applications
The FortiGate/FortiWiFi-80 Series provides comprehensive enterprise-class protection for remote offices, branch offices, retail networks, and customer premise equipment. It features integrated firewall, IPSec VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, web filtering, and vulnerability management. The FortiGate/FortiWiFi-80 Series delivers high performance while providing redundant WAN connectivity and centralized management to reduce costs. It offers protection against sophisticated threats through regularly updated signatures from FortiGuard security services.
Hardware Security Modules: Critical to Information Risk ManagementSafeNet
The volume of information is mushrooming and being transformed from paper to digital form
at an alarming rate with no end in sight. Individually, we all experience the steady growth in storage capacity and our use of that capacity in the devices we touch daily – our laptops, desktops, and smart phones. On the commercial side, a conversation with the IT data center personnel quickly reveals that adding storage capacity is a perennial budget item. What should also be recognized is that the value of digitized information is not solely determined by the fact that it exists and its increasing volume, but its use. Business and
governmental entities know from experience that the fl uidity of digitized information is critical
in the advancement of their business operations and citizen-serving endeavors. The escalating growth in the creation, storage, and use of digitized information also creates a growing exposure of information being lost, stolen, misused, and contaminated. The rise in regulations and laws designed to protect the rights of individuals is tangible evidence that this exposure is real. The rise in incidences of information breaches represents another piece of evidence of this growing exposure.
Title: What I Learned at Gartner Summit 2019
Abstract:
The Gartner Summit 2019 agenda featured five comprehensive programs to cover your security and risk management key priorities and challenges. Digital transformation continues to challenge the conventions of information risk and security management. It requires a coherent digital security program based on a clear vision and strategy. Businesses have been inundated with information on what recent privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA require, but many are still trying to figure out how to comply with them on a practical level.
The new Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) provides perspectives on how Criminals simply shift their focus and adapt their tactics to locate and steal the data they find to be of most value.
Gartner includes data ethics and privacy on their list of the top 10 strategic technology trends of 2019, placing it on the same level as AI-driven development, blockchain, and edge computing. Many companies are focusing on data privacy from the legal and security side, which are foundational, but are missing the focus on data.
The cloud, SaaS applications, and user mobility are powerful enablers of digital transformation, but many IT organizations are grappling with legacy network and security architectures that haven't evolved in decades. In the era of Cloud 3.0, companies are re-imagining business processes from and for the cloud. With these new opportunities comes a new cybersecurity reality for IT leaders in a hybrid, multicloud world. At a minimum, cloud computing breaks into 3 primary layers: SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
This presentation will explain primary security controls. You’ll learn how to take a strategic approach to risk, improve business and data resilience, build digital trust and implement a new generation of continuously adaptive security strategies. Cloud security remains a top priority. This presentation summarizes the problems, recommended processes, and new product types to address key issues.
This document provides an overview of managing secure networks according to Cisco's CCNA Security curriculum. It discusses principles of secure network design including Cisco's Self Defending Network approach. It also covers security testing, business continuity planning, secure network lifecycle management, and security policies. The key topics presented include secure network principles, risk management, threat control solutions, operational control, and security testing objectives and tools.
Data Con LA 2019 - Securing IoT Data with Pervasive Encryption by Eysha Shirr...Data Con LA
Of the 13 billion data records breached across IT systems since 2013, only 4 percent were encrypted. The Internet of Things (IoT) brings network connectivity to everyday devices, many of which may be handling sensitive data. Let's examine the flow of health information in an IoT environment and explore how pervasive encryption can protect IoT data in transit and data at rest at multiple layers of the computing environment. Join this session to learn how to:- interpret US regulations regarding the protection of health information- describe the process for encrypting sensitive data in transit and at rest- differentiate between several levels of encryption for data at rest- analyze various encryption technologies
Come gestire l'encryption dei dati con SKLMLuigi Perrone
The document discusses IBM's Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) software solution for centralized encryption key management. SKLM can manage encryption keys for various devices including tape drives, disk storage arrays, databases, and cloud storage. The document provides an overview of SKLM's capabilities and deployment options for both distributed and z/OS environments.
Networks are becoming ever more complex, making it difficult to manage and secure, especially if you want to implement a segmented network strategy, which we recommend. The answer is to simplify. Fortinet weaves together security solutions designed to be a fully integrated and collaborative Security Fabric to provide the best protection from end-to-end, from IoT to the cloud.
As Fortinet’s first ever Partner of Excellence UK, Infosec Partners' can help you expertly tailor the Fortinet Security Fabric to fit your organisation perfectly.
CipherLoc aims to protect data in an increasingly insecure world through cryptology innovation. Their technology decomposes files into independent segments that each receive unique encryption keys and algorithms, making the data not susceptible to attacks on modern encryption algorithms. CipherLoc offers solutions for mobile devices, desktops, servers, and across platforms to provide end-to-end data protection for businesses of all sizes.
SafeNet Enterprise Key and Crypto ManagementSectricity
With SafeNet, organizations can centrally, efficiently, and securely manage cryptographic keys and policies—across the key management lifecycle and throughout the enterprise. SafeNet's data center protection solutions are designed to secure all of the sensitive information that is stored in and accessed from enterprise data centers, including patient records, credit card information, social security numbers, and more.
Fortinet is a global provider of network security appliances and solutions. In Q1/2018, Fortinet reported $417 million in revenue and $534 million in billings. Some key highlights:
- Fortinet has over 340,000 customers and 5,000+ employees worldwide.
- The FortiGate 6000 Series is Fortinet's new high-performance network security gateway appliance capable of over 1 Tbps throughput.
- Fortinet solutions are powered by its purpose-built security processors and FortiOS operating system. This provides significantly higher performance than CPU-based competitors.
- Fortinet continues to focus on growing its security fabric which now includes solutions for network security, cloud security, IoT/OT security,
This document provides an overview of modern network security threats and introduces the key concepts covered in Chapter One of the CCNA Security curriculum. It discusses the rationale for network security, including increased internet connectivity, cyber crime, legislation, proliferation of threats, and sophistication of threats. It also defines important security concepts like risks, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures.
The document discusses how F5 networks provides comprehensive web application security through its full-proxy architecture and web application firewall that protects against common attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and brute force attacks. It also explains how the F5 solution uses a positive security model to allow wanted transactions while denying everything else, providing implicit security against both known and unknown attacks.
Enterprise secure identity in the cloud with Single Sign On and Strong Authen...GARL
A presentation by Giuseppe "Gippa" Paternò", GARL Director, at Brighton event "Open Source, the Cloud and your business" on 18th November 2014
Enterprise secure identity in the cloud with Single Sign On and Strong Authentication
This document discusses enterprise identity and security in the cloud. It describes SecurePass, a product from GARL that provides single sign-on and strong authentication for cloud applications. SecurePass uses one-time passwords for authentication along with identity management and single sign-on capabilities. It integrates with various applications and networks in an open and compatible way. The document also discusses the security of SecurePass and GARL's datacenters and keys, and provides a case study of SecurePass being implemented for a financial institution.
The document discusses PrivateWave's mobile voice encryption solutions. It describes PrivateGSM software that provides encryption for phone calls on smartphones using VoIP over mobile data. PrivateGSM uses the ZRTP standard to provide end-to-end encryption with human authentication and key agreement. It can also use SRTP and provide end-to-site encryption when integrated with telephony infrastructure. The document emphasizes that PrivateWave's solutions use open standards like ZRTP and SRTP to ensure the technologies are politically neutral and not subject to backdoors.
SafeNet: Don't Leave It to Luck: What am I Not Doing?Rahul Neel Mani
The document discusses data breaches and the need for stronger data security measures. Some key points:
- In the first quarter of 2014, over 2.8 billion records were stolen in data breaches, with only 1% protected by encryption.
- Healthcare and financial industries accounted for most breaches and lost records.
- Malicious insiders were responsible for a smaller number of breaches but stole over half the records.
- Traditional perimeter security alone is no longer sufficient due to insider threats and inevitable breaches; data encryption and access control are now critical.
Gemalto is an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, and managed services. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of SIM cards.
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Virtual security gateways at network edge are key to protecting ultra broadba...Paul Stevens
Combined technologies create a virtualized security gateway with real-time processing even for small packets associated with IP voice applications.
The future of wireless is ultra-broadband packet throughput, with 4G/LTE speeds hitting 25 Mbps to 50 Mbps¹ and 5G technologies targeting even faster speeds. But the IP mobile networks that are serving up this throughput have new security risks for MNOs that can negatively impact their infrastructure, operations, customer services, and data.
Utilizing security gateways (SeGW) in every base station and small cell is the proven way to secure the network against hackers. But legacy gateways don’t offer the performance or flexibility to scale for cost-effective deployment at a macrocell or at a small cell. Casa Systems worked with Intel and Intel® Network Builders ecosystem members Advantech and Wind River to build a complete virtual SeGW system with the performance and flexibility for these edge locations—even for demanding IP voice applications that transmit floods of small packets that typically have overwhelmed legacy gateways.
This document describes Cryptkit, a Java-based cryptographic system that implements encryption algorithms like TDES, RSA, RABIN, and PC-1 to enhance network security. It uses both symmetric and asymmetric encryption and supports any operating system. The purpose is to provide real-time encryption over networks using robust standard algorithms. Future enhancements may include mobile messaging security and additional multimedia encryption capabilities.
FortiGate 1500D Series Delivers High-Performance Next-Generation FirewallShilaThak
The FortiGate 1500D series delivers high-performance next-generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities for large enterprises and service providers. With multiple high-speed interfaces, high-port density, and high-throughput, ideal deployments are at the enterprise edge, hybrid data center core, and across internal segments. The FortiGate 1500D Firewall is a compact, Network Security Appliance ideal for use as both a Next-Generation Firewall and High-Performance Data Center Firewall at the Enterprise Edge. It delivers up to 80 Gbps firewall throughput and ultra-low latency as well as 11 Gbps next-generation threat protection and control over more than 3000 discrete applications
The FortiGate/FortiWiFi-80 Series provides comprehensive enterprise-class protection for remote offices, branch offices, retail networks, and customer premise equipment. It features integrated firewall, IPSec VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, web filtering, and vulnerability management. The FortiGate/FortiWiFi-80 Series delivers high performance while providing redundant WAN connectivity and centralized management to reduce costs. It offers protection against sophisticated threats through regularly updated signatures from FortiGuard security services.
Hardware Security Modules: Critical to Information Risk ManagementSafeNet
The volume of information is mushrooming and being transformed from paper to digital form
at an alarming rate with no end in sight. Individually, we all experience the steady growth in storage capacity and our use of that capacity in the devices we touch daily – our laptops, desktops, and smart phones. On the commercial side, a conversation with the IT data center personnel quickly reveals that adding storage capacity is a perennial budget item. What should also be recognized is that the value of digitized information is not solely determined by the fact that it exists and its increasing volume, but its use. Business and
governmental entities know from experience that the fl uidity of digitized information is critical
in the advancement of their business operations and citizen-serving endeavors. The escalating growth in the creation, storage, and use of digitized information also creates a growing exposure of information being lost, stolen, misused, and contaminated. The rise in regulations and laws designed to protect the rights of individuals is tangible evidence that this exposure is real. The rise in incidences of information breaches represents another piece of evidence of this growing exposure.
Title: What I Learned at Gartner Summit 2019
Abstract:
The Gartner Summit 2019 agenda featured five comprehensive programs to cover your security and risk management key priorities and challenges. Digital transformation continues to challenge the conventions of information risk and security management. It requires a coherent digital security program based on a clear vision and strategy. Businesses have been inundated with information on what recent privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA require, but many are still trying to figure out how to comply with them on a practical level.
The new Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) provides perspectives on how Criminals simply shift their focus and adapt their tactics to locate and steal the data they find to be of most value.
Gartner includes data ethics and privacy on their list of the top 10 strategic technology trends of 2019, placing it on the same level as AI-driven development, blockchain, and edge computing. Many companies are focusing on data privacy from the legal and security side, which are foundational, but are missing the focus on data.
The cloud, SaaS applications, and user mobility are powerful enablers of digital transformation, but many IT organizations are grappling with legacy network and security architectures that haven't evolved in decades. In the era of Cloud 3.0, companies are re-imagining business processes from and for the cloud. With these new opportunities comes a new cybersecurity reality for IT leaders in a hybrid, multicloud world. At a minimum, cloud computing breaks into 3 primary layers: SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
This presentation will explain primary security controls. You’ll learn how to take a strategic approach to risk, improve business and data resilience, build digital trust and implement a new generation of continuously adaptive security strategies. Cloud security remains a top priority. This presentation summarizes the problems, recommended processes, and new product types to address key issues.
This document provides an overview of managing secure networks according to Cisco's CCNA Security curriculum. It discusses principles of secure network design including Cisco's Self Defending Network approach. It also covers security testing, business continuity planning, secure network lifecycle management, and security policies. The key topics presented include secure network principles, risk management, threat control solutions, operational control, and security testing objectives and tools.
Data Con LA 2019 - Securing IoT Data with Pervasive Encryption by Eysha Shirr...Data Con LA
Of the 13 billion data records breached across IT systems since 2013, only 4 percent were encrypted. The Internet of Things (IoT) brings network connectivity to everyday devices, many of which may be handling sensitive data. Let's examine the flow of health information in an IoT environment and explore how pervasive encryption can protect IoT data in transit and data at rest at multiple layers of the computing environment. Join this session to learn how to:- interpret US regulations regarding the protection of health information- describe the process for encrypting sensitive data in transit and at rest- differentiate between several levels of encryption for data at rest- analyze various encryption technologies
Come gestire l'encryption dei dati con SKLMLuigi Perrone
The document discusses IBM's Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) software solution for centralized encryption key management. SKLM can manage encryption keys for various devices including tape drives, disk storage arrays, databases, and cloud storage. The document provides an overview of SKLM's capabilities and deployment options for both distributed and z/OS environments.
Confidential compute with hyperledger fabric .v17LennartF
Hyperledger Fabric provides confidential compute capabilities through logical partitioning (LPARs) that support the highest commercially available security standard of EAL5+, isolation between workloads, and encryption of data both in transit and at rest. The document discusses how Fabric uses hardware security modules, private data collections, and zero-knowledge proofs to ensure privacy and confidentiality of blockchain transactions and data.
The Mainframe's Role in Enterprise Security Management - Jean-Marc DareesNRB
We are expecting more and more from our IBM z Systems. Our critical data and applications are nested in our IBM z Systems infrastructure, and more than ever it positions itself as the security hub. It now exports services to secure distributed environment thanks to its security as a services capabilities. During this lecture, Mr Darées talks about z Systems Roles for security in most of today’s hot topics (compliance, Database encryption, Tokenization, Digital Certificates, ...).
Los ataques ocurren, cada dia. Es un factor que no podemos controlar, lo que sí está en nuestras manos es intentar tener nuestro entorno en la nube, protegido en todos los niveles posibles.
The document discusses hardware-based security solutions from multiple companies. It describes Infineon's OPTIGATM family of security chips which provide authentication, confidentiality, and integrity for IoT applications. It also discusses Maxim's DeepCover secure authenticators and microcontrollers which incorporate techniques like secure authentication, boot, and encryption to ensure device trustworthiness and protect against threats like counterfeiting or firmware attacks. Finally, it outlines NXP's security offerings including secure elements, microcontrollers, and processors that provide solutions from the network edge to the cloud.
Confidential Computing provides comprehensive protection for sensitive data by performing computation within hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments. This prevents unauthorized access to applications and data in use, increasing security assurances for regulated industries. IBM offers a portfolio of Confidential Computing services spanning on-premises and cloud options, including confidential virtual servers, databases, containers, and cryptography. These services allow customers to benefit from cloud capabilities while maintaining strict control and privacy of sensitive data.
#ITSitioEnRSA - Presentacion de Jeef Reed de Cisco ITSitio.com
The document discusses building an effective security architecture. It notes that Cisco has maintained a low median time to detect threats despite a significant increase in observed threat samples due to cloud-based security technology. The architecture integrates an intelligent portfolio of best of breed security solutions. It aims to stop threats at the edge, protect users wherever they work, find and contain problems fast, and control who gets onto the network. Specific solutions discussed include endpoint protection from the cloud, anomaly detection, access control, and software defined segmentation. The document also covers securing endpoints like laptops and servers from malware everywhere through endpoint and workload security.
The NRB Group mainframe day 2021 - Security On Z - Guillaume HoareauNRB
Mainframe are a mainstay—especially for cyber security and compliance. IBM improved the mainframe release after release to help todays organizations in their security journey to protect their mission critical workloads. Open and resilient, Mainframe architecture and design evolve in order to face threats of the future.
This document provides an overview and summary of IBM's Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM). It discusses SKLM's capabilities for encrypting and managing encryption keys for data at rest across different platforms and use cases. It highlights SKLM's key management features including its supported devices, keystores, master key and HSM integration. It also summarizes SKLM's deployment architectures including backup/restore, master-clone, and multi-master setups. The document concludes by outlining new enhancements in SKLM version 4 like REST APIs, improved performance and containerization.
z/OS V2R3 Communications Server Content PreviewzOSCommserver
This presentation provides an overview of the new features and changes planned for z/OS V2R3 Communications Server. Features discussed include: z/OS encryption readiness technology, changes to the Communications Server-provided mail programs in z/OS V2R3, AT-TLS currency, and more.
BKK16-200 Designing Security into low cost IO T SystemsLinaro
This document discusses security considerations for Internet of Things (IoT) systems. It outlines various security risks for IoT devices like weak cryptography, default passwords, and lack of device renewability. It then describes how security can be built into IoT systems at different levels, including device hardware with features like ARM TrustZone, software like mbed OS and mbedTLS, and cloud management platforms. The document advocates for an end-to-end secure IoT framework provided through collaboration between ARM and Linaro.
MongoDB .local Toronto 2019: Keep your Business Safe and Scaling Holistically...MongoDB
Learn how MongoDB on LinuxONE and IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services can be used to manage highly sensitive and confidential data – pervasively encrypting and securing your environments, consolidating thousands of database instances while serving hundreds of billions of queries a day. At the end of this session you will better understand how managing and scaling large amounts of critical business data can be achieved easily with automatic pervasive encryption of code and data in-flight and at-rest.
If you're a Developer, Architect, DBA or a Business Stakeholder, and your organization is using or planning to use MongoDB on-premise or in the cloud, this session will help you to gain insights into the best way to run MongoDB to keep your business safe and scaling holistically.
This document discusses how Thales can help organizations securely adopt cloud applications and manage access. It notes that single sign-on alone in a hybrid IT environment poses security risks if credentials are compromised. Thales' SafeNet Trusted Access allows validating identities, determining trust levels, and applying access controls for cloud services. It can leverage Windows authentication and PKI to enhance convenience without additional authentication. The document also outlines Thales' key management and encryption solutions for data at rest, applications, big data, and the cloud.
Reflection 2011 provides highly secure terminal emulation that helps organizations comply with PCI DSS requirements, protect sensitive data on host screens from unauthorized access, and use the latest SSL/TLS encryption to secure data transmission over networks. It masks credit card and other sensitive data, prevents copying of host screen data, enables logging of data access, and provides granular macro and user controls. Reflection's development process focuses intensely on security testing and threat modeling to maintain application integrity and protect organizations from security breaches.
You are invited learn about award winning MicroTokenization® and MicroEncryption® technology. You will garner an understanding of the new paradigm in secure storage solutions
This document discusses protecting .NET code and intellectual property from threats like reverse engineering and piracy. It notes that .NET code is at risk of being reverse engineered due to how it is compiled down to MSIL. It introduces the Software Potential Code Protector, which uniquely transforms MSIL into proprietary SEEL code that is difficult to reverse engineer. This provides strong protection of intellectual property within applications without using hardware keys. The Code Protector integrates with build processes to automatically protect selected methods.
Granite Gate Corporation provides innovative cybersecurity capabilities including its Integrated Cyber Secure solution and Application*SECURE* product. The presentation outlines Granite Gate's mission, standards-based offerings, differentiators such as 32 patents, and how its solution fits within existing infrastructure and enhances security. It then details the key components of the Integrated Cyber Secure solution including technologies from partners TecSec and IQware that provide patented and approved solutions for secure key management, rule-based applications, and more.
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Cryptographic-focused attacks are rapidly growing problems and one of the most difficult risks to minimize. If your organization is not taking appropriate steps to protect these keys, you are giving hackers easy access to your private data and transactions.
Join IBM Security and Arxan Technologies for an important and informative web event where you will learn the techniques employed by the bad guys, the numerous and varied problems key hacking can cause your organization, and how to mitigate this emerging threat.
Watch this webinar to:
- Learn why standard cryptography is no longer sufficient to address the risks posed by advanced key hacking and interception
- View a demonstration of key-hacking techniques and the vulnerabilities they pose
- Gain insight into best practices to stay ahead of hackers and criminals that pose a threat to your organization, customers, employees, brand and reputation
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The document discusses data protection and disaster recovery. It describes traditional backups that can take days for recovery versus new technologies that enable recovery in hours. It discusses three components of business continuity: high availability, continuous operations, and disaster recovery. The key goals of business continuity planning are outlined. Traditional backup architectures and recovery metrics are depicted. Emerging technologies like snapshots, replication, and automation are discussed which improve recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO). The document emphasizes that disaster recovery requires a holistic business solution approach involving people, processes, and technologies.
Introduction to MariaDB. Covers the history of Structured Query language, MySQL and MariaDB, shows how to install on Windows, Mac or Linux desktop, and practical examples.
IBM is announcing new storage products and updates for 1Q20:
- The Storwize and FlashSystem families will be consolidated under a single FlashSystem brand with common software.
- New FlashSystem models include the FlashSystem 5010, 5030, 5100, 7200, 9200 and 9200R spanning from entry-level to high-end storage.
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This document provides guidance on organizing and delivering effective PowerPoint presentations. It discusses identifying the audience and goal, structuring the presentation, using visual elements like images and charts, and rehearsing. The document recommends determining requirements, using structures like AIDA or SCI-PAB, applying the "five C's" of concise yet compelling content, and practicing presentations out loud. It also offers tips for the actual presentation, including handling questions and closing strongly. The overall message is that preparation, visual storytelling and rehearsal are key to engaging audiences successfully.
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The document provides an overview of the IBM DS8000 storage system and its capabilities for data protection and cyber resiliency. Some key points:
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Z110932 strengthen-security-jburg-v1909c
1. Strengthen your security
posture! Getting started with
IBM Z Pervasive Encryption
Tony Pearson
IBM Master Inventor,
Senior IT Management Consultant,
TechU Content Manager
2019 IBM Systems Technical University
10-12 Sep 2019 | Johannesburg, SA